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sey, a board member from Sioux Falls.
• Gant, who serves as the board's chairman, said he wanted to get an advisory opinion from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a four-person board that has been vacant since 2011 and hasn't been able to reach a quorum since 2010.
• Monica Evans, the commission's grants management director, responded to Gant on Sept. 10, saying the commission can't issue opinions. But she said that any "material change" in how South Dakota spends its HAVA money would need to be revised and published.

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